Hunter Biden gave a rare interview about his drug addiction, and how he felt Republicans were using him to get to his father, President Joe Biden. The First Son sat down with musician Moby for a two-part podcast interview. CNN’s Dana Bash played clips on Friday’s Inside Politics. “They are trying to, in their most … Read more
After weeks of speculation, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is making a run for Congress. When Liccardo filed paperwork to run for U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo’s open congressional seat last week, he said at the time that he had not made a final decision on whether he’d enter the race. On Friday, though, the … Read more
About a decade ago, the Edward Snowden leaks pulled back the curtain on the massive surveillance programs agencies like the NSA were conducting, shocking the world with their sophistication. Around the same time, an accidental discovery happened, revealing the Hemisphere program that allowed US law enforcement to obtain call record information for any phone number … Read more
Washington — Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, has been charged with nine counts of tax crimes, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday in the Central District of California. The indictment charges him with failure to file and pay taxes, evasion of assessment and filing a false or fraudulent tax return. Instead of paying the … Read more
City crews moved more than 100 people out of a homeless encampment near the post office at 20th and Curtis streets downtown Thursday and into an east Denver hotel that has been converted into a shelter, officials confirmed. It was the fourth and, so far, the largest action at an encampment yet as part of … Read more
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is blasting Republicans for their stance on Ukraine funding. During a press briefing on Thursday, Jean-Pierre called it “stunning” that Congressional Republicans are opposing Ukraine funding with border security measures. “It’s stunning that we have gotten to this point, and that Republicans in Congress [are] willing to give Putin … Read more
One of the funniest—“funniest“—subplots to Donald Trump’s time in the White House was the contention that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, could and would bring peace to the Middle East. “If [Jared] can’t produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can,” Trump declared on the eve of his inauguration, adding, “All my life, I’ve been hearing … Read more
RINDGE, N.H. — Surely, says Chris Christie, Republicans can’t be “stupid” enough to fall for Donald Trump’s “build a wall” routine again or anyone else employing it, right? That’s seems to be what Christie was wondering fresh off an Alabama stage, when he began a two-day tour of New Hampshire colleges early on Thursday in … Read more
Ottawa will require foreigners applying to study in Canada to have double the amount of funds currently required, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Thursday. He also threatened to cap visas in provinces that don’t help house students or who won’t shut down educational institutions that he argues shouldn’t be operating. “There are, in provinces, the … Read more
Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade pushed for Republicans to keep investigating Joe Biden’s business dealings with First Son Hunter Biden, even while admitting that impeaching the president would be “a waste of time.” Kilmeade spoke with Fox anchor Harris Faulkner Thursday, who said House Republicans “will likely vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry” into Biden next … Read more
